Latest News in Nigeria Today Tuesday 27th October 2020
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Tuesday 27th October 2020 .
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You’re collection of devils, Nigerians blast Police over statement on Twitter
By Nwafor Sunday The Nigerian Police Force has come under attack for saying the force ‘is not a collection of angels’. On its verified twitter handle, the force public relations department stated conspicuously that they are not a collection of angels, noting that they are doing their best to serve Nigerians better. Irked with theRead More
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NOSDRA intervenes again in SPDC/Bayelsa community oil spill face-off
By Samuel Oyadongha , Ikarama The federal regulatory agency, National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency, NOSDRA, has again waded into the lingering face-off between indigenes of oil-rich Ikarama community in Yenagoa Local Government Area, Bayelsa State and Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, over the oil spill. NDV recalls that the community and the oil giantRead More
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Breaking: Irate Youths defy 24-hour curfew, vandalise Taraba Radio station
Hundreds of irate youths on Monday defied the 24-hour curfew imposed on Jalingo, invaded and vandalised the State Radio station. The state Commissioner of information and reorientation,Mr Danjuma Adamu, who visited the Taraba State Broadcasting Corporation (TSBS) premises to inspect the damage done to the station, condemned the action of the youths, saying the destruction hadRead More
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2019 Financials: Value of NNPC’s oil, non-oil assets grew by 19% to N4.67trn
By Michael Eboh The net asset value of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s, NNPC, oil and non-oil assets appreciated by 18.53 per cent to N4.67 trillion in 2019, from N3.94 trillion recorded in its 2018 financial year. NNPC’s oil and non-oil assets, according to its recently published 2019 Audited Financial Statement, included evaluation and explorationRead More
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BREAKING: Petrol station on fire in Lagos as another building collapses
By Bose Adelaja There is a fire outbreak, Tuesday involving a petrol station along Ajayi Road, Ogba, Lagos State. Eye witnesses’ account said emergency responders are at the scene. In a related development, a building in Isiu Town, in Ikorodu has reportedly collapsed but Lagos State Emergency Management Agency LASEMA, are on theirRead More
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FG feeding 282,529 pupils in Zamfara – Minister
A total of 282,529 pupils are currently being fed under the Home Grown School Feeding Programme in Zamfara, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya-Umar Faruk, has said. The minister made the disclosure at a town hall meeting in Gusau on Monday. She said the scheme was being carried out inRead More
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Pogba denies quitting France team over Macron comments
Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba on Monday denied media reports which said he quit the France national team over comments made by the country’s President Emmanuel Macron. The comments were perceived to be against Islam. The French leader this month had declared war on “Islamist separatism”, which he believes is taking over some Muslim communitiesRead More
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Democrats kick as U.S. Senate confirms Trump’s Supreme Court nominee
Prominent Democrats have condemned the confirmation and swearing in of Judge Amy Coney Barrett as justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Barrett took the constitutional oath of office before President Donald Trump at a brief ceremony hosted by the White House on Monday night. Coming through a 53-48 vote along party lines, Barrett’s confirmation isRead More
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#EndSARS coverage: CSOs react to N3m sanction of AIT, ARISE, Channels by NBC
By Gabriel Ewepu CIVIL Society Organisations, CSOs, Monday, reacted to the N3 million each the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation, NBC, the sanction of African Independent Television, ARISE Television and Channels Television respectively, over alleged unprofessional coverage of the #EndSARS protests across the country. The Director-General, NBC, Prof Armstrong Idachaba, disclosed this at a media briefing onRead More
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Nigeria’s rig count rises by 2, as OPEC’s decreases by 14
By Sebastine Obasi Nigeria has for two months now continued to experience rise in oil production as its rig count moved up by two, having recorded 10 in September, as against eight recorded in August. Earlier in July, the rig count stood at six, data from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, showed. ThisRead More
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